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What's another word for budget 'cut?' How about a 'shift?'
After six years of criticizing Progressive Conservative spending cuts, you can understand why some Liberal cabinet ministers are having trouble using the word when talking about their own budgets.
Premier promises provincewide consultation on future of N.B. Power
Premier Susan Holt is promising a major public consultation on the future of N.B. Power, including meetings that will be held around the province to hear ideas from New Brunswickers about the troubled Crown utility.
Miramichi MLA resigns provincial seat to run for federal Conservatives
Miramichi West Progressive Conservative MLA Mike Dawson is resigning from the New Brunswick legislature to become a candidate in the federal election campaign.
3-way race to represent Liberals in Fredericton-Oromocto election campaign
Liberals in the Fredericton area have three candidates to choose from as federal political parties rush to fill the final holes in their slates now that a national election campaign is underway.
Liberal spending increase is smaller than recent PC hikes
The accusation that Premier Susan Holt’s Liberal government is driving up the budget deficit by spending tax dollars recklessly is turning into a complicated math exercise for both the Liberals and the Progressive Conservative opposition.
Ottawa, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia strike deal on Chignecto funding
The federal, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia governments have reached a deal on a major infrastructure project to protect the low-lying Chignecto Isthmus from the effects of climate change.
PC Opposition attacks Liberal tariff plan, won't say what they'd do
The day after New Brunswick’s Liberal government tabled a budget with a $549 million deficit, the Opposition Progressive Conservatives had virtually nothing to say about it.
Holt Liberals project $549-million deficit in their first N.B. budget
The Holt Liberal government is projecting large budget deficits as far as the eye can see. In his first provincial budget, Finance Minister René Legacy is projecting a fiscal shortfall of $549 million in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Holt Liberals prepare first budget amid economic uncertainty
The Holt government tables its first budget today, a document the Liberals once confidently predicted would feature campaign promises fulfilled, combined with a modest fiscal surplus.
Analysis
Holt adopts Higgs COVID playbook, minus the hard decisions
Maybe it was appropriate that Premier Susan Holt chose last week for the launch of her weekly livestreamed news conferences on her government’s tariff “action plan.”